Google wipes out 602 million scam ads with Gemini on duty
2026-04-17T20:51:50Z•27af408303705c9d1c289ce9622ec280846f3e9317ee115e4ade35ccbafdbfb7
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What happened
Feed roundup: Google says its Gemini models helped block 602 million scam ads by analyzing account, behavioral and campaign signals. A researcher published two additional Microsoft Defender zero-days (RedSun and UnDefend) on top of a prior PoC — Huntress reports all three techniques are being exploited in the wild (privilege escalation and the ability for a standard user to block or disable Defender updates). GitLab 18.11 expands agentic AI for security remediation, CI, and delivery analytics. Liongard expanded LiongardIQ with programmatic AI access and deeper discovery. Mozilla released an on
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